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Patricia Schroeder: “I rise in support of the Woolsey amendment. Mr. Chairman, I think the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Woolsey] makes an…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
I rise in support of the Woolsey amendment. Mr. Chairman, I think the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Woolsey] makes an awful lot of sense. The question is how much is enough and are we buying things based on a threat-based analysis? I think everybody knows we have enough D-5 missiles to more than deter any threat from anywhere at any time. We have got a lock on all of this. The real question is why do we keep buying more and more and more? Or why are planning for more, when really, if we were going to invest wisely, I think we would fall back and figure out what might be coming in the future, if some enemy in the future moves forward. But we have a lock on this technology. We know how to do it. Mr. Chairman, I just think the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Woolsey] makes a tremendous amount of sense with this and I congratulate the gentlewoman.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
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Supporting the Woolsey amendment regarding military spending and missile procurement.

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